This is an analysis of The Reproof by Charles Lamb.

Mamma heard me with scorn and pride
A wretched beggar-boy deride.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccddccXXeeffaaggXghh
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 10110111 01010101 11111111 00001101 01011011 01111111 11011111 00110101 11000101 11110101 01011001 11111101 101101110 01010111 10101101 11110011 01010101 11010101 010111010 0010111010 11011111 11111101 11010110 11111101 11100101 10010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

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